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Ian Doodya adăugat un nou photoalbum.
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1/72 Boba Fett's Starship Slave 1
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My very much long awaited build of Boba Fett's Starship from the Empire Strikes Back, Slave 1.
18 April, 21:00
Ian Doody AutorMy very much long awaited build of Boba Fett's Starship from the Empire Strikes Back, Slave 1.
18 April, 21:05
Guillaume Blancheta adăugat un nou photoalbum.
7 3 November 2024, 22:42
Guillaume Blanchet AutorThank you Mark, the oil paint have done wonder with this cockpit.
5 November 2024, 15:24
Guillaume Blanchet AutorThank you Dave! I like how those "old" monogram kits packs details. They are always a nice surprise and very fun to detail.
10 April, 17:30
Kenneth Gifforda adăugat un nou photoalbum.
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1925 Ford Model T Chopped. 
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The cool box, going to be framed.
Proiect: 1925 Ford T Chopped
18 April, 20:53
John Lamberta adăugat un nou photoalbum.
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Dodge Monaco Gotham City PD
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1989 decal on the roof.
Proiect: Gotham City PD
14 10 January, 11:14
Snake PlisskenRight, the Bluesmobile is as you say and easily verified in mere seconds. Thanks. The '74 is a better looking car in my opinion with a more pleasing horizontal layout of the headlights making a big difference.
1 12 January, 14:08
Brent Caughya adăugat un nou photoalbum.
13 20 January, 20:50
Brent Caughy AutorAir cleaners were created by cutting and stacking Evergreen sheet styrene and then sanding and painting. I came across this idea from another builder of the same kit online from a post from a few years back.
20 January, 20:56
René Ka adăugat un nou photoalbum.
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Trumpeter HMS Belfast w/ Flyhawk (Huge!) detail set
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After over 2 months and more than 150h, I think ... it has finally finished! I thank everyone who has followed my projec...
Proiect: HMS Belfast 1943 Trumpeter 1/350
1+ 69 23 December 2022, 17:59
René K AutorHey zach Wilson, oh yes you can say that. I'm curious how I'll deal with it 🙂
31 December 2022, 15:22
Christian BruerNice to see another Belfast WIP. You made an excellent start on it 👍
I started mine in 2013 (not a joke) but had a lot of time in between not working on the model. I hope to finish her soon. Feel free to have a look to my WIP here on Scalemates:
HMS Belfast | Album by Christian Bruer (1:350)
I used the Flyhawk Set as well, but also the White Ensign Set and scratch building.
Looking forward to your progress and Happy Modelling 🙂
Christian
1 January 2023, 10:06
René K Autor@Christian Bruer: lovely work, christian! I can then use your wonderful model as a reference if I don't know what to do 😛
1 January 2023, 12:05
TreehuggerQ: How do you deal with any annealing issues? I thought that annealing metal small might melt off the smallest parts. Haven't tried annealing yet myself, except for a large PE piece on some project.
10 January 2023, 20:54
René K Autor@Treehugger: I generally don't glow PE parts. I glue all PE parts with the MXBON superglue in viscous, liquid and very liquid. Due to the capillary effect, the adhesive quickly gets into the crack, so I can press the part with a pin, two seconds and the part is fixed. If small gaps remain, use a fine pin to put a very thin layer of superglue (it has to be very liquid!) into the gap and press it down again with the needle. So far it works very well for me.
10 January 2023, 21:01
Villiers de VosVery nice progress. The PE work on the aeroplanes are very good.
19 January 2023, 01:51
Christian BruerR K check the hight of the boat deck house aft of the forward funnel. I extended the hight a few milimeter, otherwise the boats on the cradles below will not fit! Check image 112 - 118 in my WIP. Add the one or other milimeter more than I did because of some layers of paint on the deck, cradles boats etc.!
Nice progress by the way 👍
Happy Modelling, Christian
19 January 2023, 19:49
René K Autor@christian Bruer Thank you for the hint! I had already seen that when looking through your pictures and in fact the height doesn't match.
20 January 2023, 18:35
René K AutorHeight correction made on the middle deck. Thanks to christian for the tip! 🙂
21 January 2023, 12:01
Villiers de VosFantastic progress and my hat off to with your photoetch work.
13 February 2023, 11:30
Michael KohlDon't put it to water! It is gonna sink with all those metal! 😜
Kidding aside: anxious to folliw along the last meters.
13 February 2023, 17:39
René K AutorThe final steps to completion! Tomorrow the flags will come and then there will be the final photos when the sun is shining!
26 February 2023, 19:11
Zach Wilsonexcellent work Rene. What are you using to hold the smaller pieces in place as you glue them together? Looking at image 21 I am baffled by how precise and clean that work is.
27 February 2023, 15:50
Michael KohlJust received a picture of the original in London. Now you complete yours. 🙂 Great job, top result
27 February 2023, 20:32
René K AutorThank you so much folks! @zach: With a magnifying glass, a calm pulse and good superglue ("VMS glue on power!"), I somehow managed to do it that way. I was amazed myself! 😉 @Michael: You were in London and saw her? I envy you!
28 February 2023, 18:35
Michael KohlWell unfortunately it wasn't me who was in London, but a friend of mine. He visited the Belfast.
28 February 2023, 23:22
Shaun RosarioWow this is just amazing work!!!! I can only strive to be this good of a modeler.
1 March 2023, 05:18
JonathanFabulous. I've just invested in AIP's re-boxed version of this kit and if I can get looking half as good as your's I'll be more than pleased!
18 April, 14:49
Andy Balla adăugat un nou photoalbum.
25 3 February, 19:23
Andy Ball AutorOh no, I leave the site for a few days and attract onlookers! 🤣….will post some shots soon…the detail's good so far for 72nd….
10 February, 23:48
Lorraine LinI guess the observer may need some massage treatments on his back and neck after each mission🥹🥹🥹 following
1 11 February, 02:28
Andy Ball Autor@Lorraine, yes - these planes weren't built for comfort….champagne for every successful mission return though?….
1 11 February, 23:12
Andy Ball AutorI think one of the worst RAF planes for relative combat losses to number flown? Slow and defensively weak. I never built this as a kid, so intrigued by this offering!
12 February, 20:48
CuajeteAndy, despite this, it will look great in the display case 😉
Nice interiors 👍
1 13 February, 19:30
DaveLet me find a chair for this one. I don't know if helps any but I find in a pitch painted tamiya masking tape works well for seat belts.
1 17 March, 05:02
Andy Ball AutorGood evening Villiers, Dave and Nicolas…
Dave I admire your comment on seat belts but one has to keep the global wine industry going with a foil capped harness…photos to come!
3 19 March, 23:41
Andy Ball AutorThanks Nicolas and others, just put some more progress shots on this project. The fit is up there with Tamiya and very intricate detailed parts. Similar to the Hobby Boss Sunderland. But clearly the best Battle in 72nd
1 17 April, 19:31
Robert PodkońskiSomehow I missed the beginning, but from now I will follow your build-log with pleasure and interest, Andy 🙂
17 April, 19:45
Mike S.Am I jumping the gun by wondering how this release will compare to Kitty Hawk’s offering? Pretty sure that was quite an improvement over Airfix’s original but given what they’ve been putting out as of late…
17 January, 04:09
Richard BulmerKittyhawk might have had nicely fine moulding detail. which will be better than airfix. but i have read on various forums. And covered to death on Britmodeller. the kittyhawk was a nightmare to build with bad fitting parts. Zimi models have aquired kittyhawk. so their entire range may work its way back out again
17 January, 13:36
Mike S. AutorGotcha. I've had a copy of KH's GR.1/GR.3 in the stash, but it just hasn't progressed onto the build stack. I'm sure I will pick up a copy of this release as well. Damn OCD.
2 20 January, 06:36
Richard BulmerI would have been interested in the proposed 1/32nd Jag they were planning on releasing. But I think they were already in financial difficulty at that point. And never made it past cad renders
20 January, 16:27
Kes WellsI've got the KH Jag in build atm and although I would say I'm a competent amateur modeller the KH Jag goes together OK.
3 19 February, 17:46
FelixMike, are you not happy with the latest Airfix kits? I think they have done some fantastic work over the last 10 years.
1 10 April, 06:24
Richard BulmerWell the verdict is in. Most reviewers are saying this is the finest airfix tooling to date. And the scope of aftermarket accessories will only further improve an already spectacular kit. God help my wallet when I want 8 of these
4 10 April, 15:25
Kes WellsApart from all the flash on the undercarriage retraction jacks etc. a poorly fitting clear chisel nose piece, and no options to do flaps, slats and undercarriage up its an improvement. As for finest kit, well seeing as i paid for my kit and the reviewers probably got theirs for free, i'd say no..far from it.
18 April, 19:20
David WhiteleyI HAD the Kitty Hawk kit and did a trial fit and quickly rid it from my collection. The fit was so bad I then went through all of my other Kitty Hawk kits and most of them were dreadful fitting as well ... T-45 gone, Super Etendard gone, Dauphin gone, and F-35A gone. I almost got rid of 2 Su-17M4 but decided I could use them for spare parts for another kit - their fit stinks to high hell as well. It can be no surprise why Kittyhawk went out of production. Kinetic is probably just as bad.
18 April, 19:53
Aleksander Górkaa adăugat un nou photoalbum.
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A-7E Corsair II, Hellenic Air Force, 1:72 HobbyBoss
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Proiect: A-7E Corsair II, HAF, 1:72 HobbyBoss
15 18 April, 13:04
Max Ottena adăugat un nou photoalbum.
18 24 November 2024, 10:29
Max Otten AutorPainted with MRP paints. Note there is preshading, no wash. The MRP doesn't seem to go into the panel lines so you get a nicely muted wash effect. The serial number on the wing bottom is difficult. I wanted to mask and spray but the angles of the 'W' are so sharp that mask got distorted too much. It took quite some trouble to get rid of the silvering of the decal. Same with the 155 on fuselage which I should have masked and painted.
24 November 2024, 15:53
YAMAN AYDINa adăugat un nou photoalbum.
75 19 January 2022, 15:22
Mark BroughtonGreat model, I have seen a few of these at model shows, yours is one of the best I have seen.
20 January 2022, 10:12
Murad ÖZERSüper ötesi. o anteni görünce ben aksi istikamette kaçardım herhalde şener şen gibi topuklarım bi tarafıma vura vura.
Çok güzel çok 👍👍👍
20 January 2022, 11:08
YAMAN AYDIN Autor@murad hocam çok çok teşekkürler 🙂 aynen kaçarsın ama ayrıca bu arkadaşın kankası "sa-4 ganef" onu zaten hiç görme 🙂))
20 January 2022, 13:46
YAMAN AYDIN AutorThanx so much mates !! 🙂 I recommend kit that comes with nice & enjoyable build ..
21 January 2022, 10:35
Michael KohlHi Yaman, I suggest, that you choose a picture of your model as teaser, as it is much more interesting than the box.
14 April 2022, 07:59
1/35 Scale EnjoyerWonderful looking! How did you get the texture and colour on the seat?
5 May 2022, 11:39
YAMAN AYDIN AutorThanks mate (: For texture i used greenstuff putty and then i was done a little bit sanding before some dry brush .. Base colour was vallejo leather
5 May 2022, 12:36
Mariusa adăugat un nou photoalbum.
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Chengdu F-7PG - Pakistan - 2001
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And this is how the upgraded F-7PG looks like, in my opinion an awesome looking aircraft which I always wanted to build....
Proiect: Chengdu F-7 PG - Pakistan -
10 22 December 2022, 10:05
Sylvain Vernieran appealing version of the 21...
I am not familiar with this kit. Wait and see 👀
22 December 2022, 17:50
CuajeteGreat! Thanks for all the information, because I was looking for an F-7 or similar variant. Too bad there is no F-7 available in plastic at 1/72.
Following!
22 December 2022, 20:31
CuajeteKP just released this F-7, but I'm not sure if it's accurate (at least it doesn't seem to be the PG version, according to the box art). What I don't know is if it'll be accurate for the older versions:
F-7 (Kovozávody Prostějov KPM0505, 1:72)
18 April, 19:13
komorasa adăugat un nou photoalbum.
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1:72 - MATCHBOX - Hawker Hurricane
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Proiect: 1:72 - MATCHBOX - Hawker Hurricane
1+ 3 18 April, 19:07
Leif Hellström@Feature RequestsPerhaps topic Vehicles>>Busses should be changed to >>Buses (with one s); the more common spelling.
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2 18 April, 08:35
M4A1a adăugat un nou photoalbum.
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Munition für den Stützpunkt
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Proiect: Munition für den Stützpunkt
7+ 23 25 September 2023, 09:07
M4A1 AutorStarted working on the armoured doors for in the of the bunker. Making them of plastic sheet.
26 September 2023, 19:56
M4A1 AutorWorking on the bunker parts goes pretty well. First adding filler, then sanding to create smooth concrete. Repeating that process just as much as needed to get all of the concrete looking smooth. After that I'm gonna add the lines of the woodwork that stayed behind in the concrete after it had dried.
11 October 2023, 08:14
M4A1 AutorStarted adding the lines of the woodwork on the inside parts of the bunker. Really satisfied with the result so far.
16 October 2023, 19:50
M4A1 AutorThanks Mathias. I hope so too. 🙂 Besides that everything is going well so far it's also alot of fun working on this project. Let's see where I can take this.
17 October 2023, 18:41
M4A1 AutorAlso started adding lines of the woodwork on the other wall of the other inside part of the bunker. Sanded the rounded part of the bunker smooth enough to add the lines of the woodwork there too. Work on one of the two armored doors is nearly finished.
23 October 2023, 18:55
M4A1 AutorFinished and placed the armored doors. Added pics of 3 of 4 figures of the MiniArt set. I replaced one MiniArt head with a Tamiya head (the already painted one)
29 October 2023, 18:56
M4A1 AutorAll four MiniArt figures are build. Next step is to paint them. Work on the Tamiya figures had begun. I've added a number inside the bunker. I tried 3 times but it's not getting better than this I guess. Still not satisfied with the result though.
12 November 2023, 19:51
M4A1 AutorGlued the separate parts of the bunker together. Glued alot of ammo boxes the last couple of weeks. Put them in front of the bunker in a sort of test set up together with 2 of the figures.
26 November 2023, 18:59
M4A1 AutorAfter quite a while working again also on this project. Drawing the lines of the woodwork with a pencil and then creating them by using Vallejo putty.
1 11 March, 20:42
M4A1 AutorAdding the lines of the woodwork in the concrete comes along pretty nicely.
15 March, 18:59
M4A1 AutorBesides adding the shuttering lines and doing paintwork, I also started with painting the camo scheme. Doing it free hand.
1 10 April, 16:29
M4A1 AutorAdded pics of how the bunker looks like as of April 18. I almost rounded the first corner.
18 April, 18:47
Landlubber Mikea adăugat un nou photoalbum.
20 26 February, 15:27
Landlubber Mike AutorThanks! I picked up a bunch of these Planet Models kits a while back as they tend to be of interesting subjects avoided by other kit manufacturers. It seems to be a fairly decent, simple kit. I needed a break from a couple of other models that I'm working on. This box kept falling off the shelf so I figured it was telling me that I should pick it to build!
26 February, 20:38
CuajeteI have the Aichi H9A1 from this brand in my stash. I hope to build someday.
The good thing about your kit is that it includes most of the parts in injected plastic (I think from the MPM mold) since it is a conversion. I didn't know that Planet Models had kits like this 👍
1 27 February, 19:36
Landlubber Mike AutorYes, I think you're right that it's from an old MPM kit of another similar plane. As you can see, it replaces the fuselage halves, cowl, and a few other parts in resin (and I think one in clear plastic). It's actually going together fairly well. I did have a problem last night where once you join the wings to the fuselage, you have these tiny square gaps that are covered with some small square kit parts. Well I had everything all assembled and was doing the last square part, and it fell into the fuselage and got stuck at the far end of one of the wings. Let's just say a few naughty words were said. Thankfully I was able to pop off the wings fairly easily (nice thing about using CA to join the plastic wings to the resin fuselage) and dig out the part.
I have a few other Planet Models kits that I picked up for fairly inexpensive prices over the last couple of years. I might do the SNC-1 Falcon alongside this one since they both have yellow wings. The SNC-1 is an all-resin kit though.
SNC-1 Falcon (Planet Models PLT107, 1:48)
27 February, 20:51
CuajeteNice aircraft 👍
If you prefer it in plastic, you have the Kora model in 1/72 scale:
SCM Search: 1:72 kora SNC-1*
Or Dora Wings ones model in 1:48 scale:
Curtiss-Wright SNC-1 Falcon II (Dora Wings DW48041, 1:48)
1 28 February, 19:20
Landlubber Mike AutorThanks Cuajete, the Dora Wings kit looks very nice. I'll start with the Planet Models kit and see what happens. I tend to use a lot of aftermarket with my builds, so building with resin doesn't bother me too much.
Back to the Gamma 2J, there is very little out there on this plane. The 2J was a single production trainer, and there was a 5D model that went to Japan. Very few pictures, etc., so I looked at the A-17 which was a very similar plane. While looking at the A-17, I came across this old MPM kit of the A-17 from 2002. It's definitely the base kit that was used for the plastic parts of the Planet Models Gamma 2J/5D kit.
A-17 (MPM Production 72504, 1:72)
1 1 March, 17:02
CuajeteGreat, Landlubber Mike! 👍
The union of the plastic with that resin looks very good 👍
1 1 March, 18:56
Landlubber Mike AutorThanks Cuajete! And thank you for following Robert!
Yesterday I worked on the canopy. It's a tricky part as the back part of the canopy piece actually serves as part of the fuselage. So, it's been a little tricky figuring out how to cut it out from the clear plastic sheet. Thankfully the kit gave four canopies. Two are used for the 2J and the other two for the 5D -- but it's unclear which is used where from the instructions, and the only thing I see that's different is a little bubble near the front of the canopy. I used one that had a scratch on it as the test piece. I then used a second to get a close approximation, but the third piece seems to work the best. Unfortunately the kit doesn't give any masks, so I've been spending a lot of time masking the various window panes. Hopefully will have that done today, and will be able to start with the primer coat this evening.
1 2 March, 16:58
Landlubber Mike AutorThank you Cuajete! Took me a while to get here but I like the colors on this one. Tonight I'm hoping to get the decals on.
1 28 March, 00:23
J35Ja adăugat un nou photoalbum.
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SAAB B-18 (A & B version)
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Airframe and wings in place, starts to look like a plane
Proiect: SAAB B-18 (A & B version)
19 28 March, 18:30
J35J AutorThank you for all attention and comments. Welcome to the build!
The Saab B-18 is not the most common kit available only in resin or vacu if you what to go for a 1/72. There is 1/48 kit from PilotReplicas to be released sometime. We hope soon!
1 April, 09:17
J35J AutorThanks Michael, Cuajete & Mark for your interest.
The kits are coming along quite good. Decent fitting so far, some filler and sanding work. B-18B version is the first runner up of the two kits.
1 18 April, 18:14
tyu@Feature RequestsJust noticed something odd: when filling in price and date of purchase of an item it takes some time longer than usual and then saves 0.00 for price and blank for date, not what the input was. Other items work just fine. Tried logging off and on again but didn't help.
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17 April, 11:33
scalematesYes there seems to be an issue! Will check when back from holiday (this weekend)
17 April, 15:37
Przemyslaw Sroczynskia adăugat un nou photoalbum.
43 29 December 2024, 16:55
Przemyslaw Sroczynski AutorIt's just the begining
Plans are for all Zumbach fighters - Model Maker decals
5 March, 17:54
Michael KohlFollowing with particular interest as I collect bits and pieces right now for a diorama to commemorate the effort of polish fighters in the RAF.
1 4 April, 10:52
Przemyslaw Sroczynski AutorThx mates.
I'm not so happy about results - had to use acrylic varnish (Model Master) and it was last time for this one, you can see whitish deposite specially on dark colour. You should remeber to stick to good one that you were using, Mr Hobby in my case.
The second one is that i had to use Sparmax Beattle with Ammo Matt Shadows, all of this due to home conditions.
Overall i think i could do better, lesson for the next build.
1 18 April, 06:55
NeulingMaybe in your opinion you could do better next time, in my opinion this is a very beautiful build.
1 18 April, 09:49
Piotr Puchowskia adăugat un nou photoalbum.
10 30 March, 19:24
Steven Van DyckI made one of these and bought a second one, but made sure that I had a turned barrel set for both of them. Griffon has a nice one.
Flak 38 | Album by StevenVD (1:35)
2 April, 06:07
Piotr Puchowski AutorOf course, I replaced with metal, but making such a product as in the picture is a scandal. This is forcing you to buy extras
1 2 April, 10:36
Robert Liszewskia adăugat un nou photoalbum.
10 18 April, 15:10
Eric GoichonThis is a very beautiful creation.
Bravo 👍
It's in my stash.
Could you tell me which reference you used for the blue?
Thank you.
1 18 April, 16:09
Robert Liszewski AutorI used Number5 paint n5-X009 gulfblue 60s-70s. I did not use any reference pictures as it could be misleading (light, exposure etc.). Overall I'm happy with it, and it's good quality kit. Thank you for your kind comment.
18 April, 17:52
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